Railway truck structure



April 1943- K. F. NYSTROM ET AL 2,317,393v

RAILWAY TRUCK STRUCTURE Oyiginal Filed Oct. 51, 1938 INVENTORS KARL F- NYSTROM E Y T E N HE m KE 0 g T L n N 0 WM R WE V E BY'gkv Patented Apr. 27, 1943 UNITED STATES RAILWAY rsucx srauo'ruas Karl F. Nystrom, Milwaukee, we, Edmund s.

Beckette, East St. Louis, Ill'.,' and Vernon L.

Green, Milwaukee, Wis.

; said Beckette assignor to General Steel Castings Corporation, Granite City, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application February 15, 1940, Serial No. 318,982, now Patent No. 2,272,426, dated February 10, 1942, which is a division of app ication Serial No. 237,820, October 31, 1938,'now Patent No.

2,241,418, dated May 13,

application August 15,

1941. Divided and this 1941, Serial No. 406,976

6 Claims. (o1. 105-226) The invention relates to railway rolling stock trucks and more particularly to trucks adapted to be used in passenger service.

Reference is made to applicants copending application, Serial No. 318,982, filed Feb. 15, 1940 (now Patent No. 2,272,426, issued February, 10, 1942), of which the present application is a division. That application, in turn, was a division of an earlier application, filed October 31, 1938, now Patent No. 2,241,418, issued May 13, 1941.

The main object 01 the invention is to improve the riding qualities of light weightcars in high speed service by reducing noise and vibration resulting from .metal to metal contact throughout a number or relatively moving truck and body pms, and more particularly to avoid metal to metal contact, and resulting noise and vibration, between the truck bolster and its supporting springs.

This and other detailed objects as will appear from the following description are attained by. the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top view of a tour-wheel truck, the end portions of the truck being broken away, as they ar unimportant, to enable the drawing to be made on a larger scale. Also a portion of the bolster is broken away to better illustrate the spring cap structure.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 2-4 in Figure 1..

The truck includes the usual wheeled axles provided with Journal boxes and supporting, either directly or through equalizers, the truck springs. None of the above mentioned parts are shown, except that the wheels are indicated at A, but these parts are of familiar construction and are fully disclosed in the above mentioned copending application and patent.

The truck springs support the truck. frame which includes wheel pieces I and spaced'transverse transoms 2 which receive between them the truck bolster 3 having a center plate 4 receiving the body center plate, not shown, and supporting the truck load.

Swing hangers 5 are pivotally suspended from transoms 2 and at their lower ends support cross bars 6 from which the bolster supporting springs 1 are carried, preferably through a spring plank 8 resting on bars 6 and extending from'side to side of the truck.

Each end of bolster 3 includes a downwardly facing spring cap portion, including a depending annular flange 9, for receiving the upper ends of springs 1. The bolster springcap has applied 65 thereto a rubber pad or disc i0 and a rubber annulus ll. Preferablyeach or these rubber members is bonded to plates l2 and II respectively which may be welded to the bolster casting as indicated at Wand, if desired, wear plates i4 and 15 respectively may be bonded to the lower face of pad I0 and the inner face of annulus ii to protect therubber from direct contact with the springs. Preferably each annulus ii comprises 10 a plurality of sections to simplify manufacture and to facilitate application to'the spring plank and functioning independently of each'other and v thereby avoiding stress on'one part'of the annulus when a portion of the spring strikes another part oi the annulus.

Relative lateral movement of the bolster and v the springs is limited by the contact of the spring with the opposing elements applied to the spring cap, and the blow resuitlng from such contact is absorbed and dissipated by the yielding material ,0! the annulus which also absorbsnoise which may result from sliding engagement or the metal surfaces. g

. It is desirable that clearance between the top coils oi thespring and the opposing face 01 the annular ring, or its wearplate, make it possible for the upper end of the spring and the adjacent portion 01' the bolster to shift laterally relative to each other, and such shifting is accommodated 3 by distortion of pad I 0 under thrusts exerted horizontally of the 'bolster'and placing the pad under shear, This distortion may occur without anyfsliding-action of metal members over each other as would result if the spring or its cover Lplatefwere indirect contact with the bolster.

Accordingly this arrangement, provides another meansiior, avoiding undesirable metal contacts between relatively movable parts.

A rubber pad 16 is bonded to a plate I! applied 40 to the outer enu or bolster a and opposing the mner face of the frame wheel piece I and absorb-- ing shock which might result from excessive lat eral movement of the'bolster relative to the truck frame.

Thisconstruction avoids continuous metal to metal Contact between the rail engaging portions of the truck and the body supporting portions of thetruck and truck bolsterand thereby tends to reduce {shocksand absorb vibrations and eliminate noise 'which'otherwise would follow the movement of the wheels over the track.

It willbe understood that different types of cushioning structuresmay be substituted for those shown, and modifications in the details of the truck parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. and theexclusive use of such modifications as come within the scope or the claims is contemplated.

.cess for overlying the bolster supporting spring and supporting the bolster, the edge of said pad being spaced from the side or said recess, and there being a ring or rubber-like material mounted on the side 01' said recess below said pad and independently or said pad and positioned adjacent the periphery or said pad for opposing the side of the spring and receiving thrusts therefrom due to relative horizontal movement oi the spring and bolster.

2, A structure as described in claim 1 in-which the bolster supporting pad comprises a single member throughout its extent and the ring of rubber-like material comprises spaced sections whereby one or more sections may be distorted without aflecting the remaining sections.

3. A railway truck bolster spring cap structure including an annular wall arranged to surround a supporting spring device, said wall being provided with a lining of rubber-like material ior opposing said spring and for transmitting horizontal thrusts between the bolster and spring, said lining comprising a series oi separate segments spaced apart eircumferentially oi said wall and being individually secured to said wall and distortable independently or each other.

4. In combination, a railway vehicle bolster having a downwardly facing spring cap portion including a depending annular wall, and a spring device having its upper end received in said cap portion and including elements opposing said wall, there being a list pad or rubber-like material between the top or said device and the opposing iace or said cap portion and transmittin I the bolster load to said device, there being a cushion of rubber-like material between said wall and said device elements for absorbing lateral shocks between said bolster and device irrespective or distortion of said pad, said pad transmitting the bolster load irrespective of distortion or said cushion.

5. A combination as described in claim 4 in which the cushion between the spring device elements and the cap wall consists 01 a series of spaced segments which are subject to distortion independently oi each other and may be removed independently or each other.

6. In a railway truck bolster, spring cap structure including a depending annular member arranged to surround an opposing supporting spring device member, there being a lateral shock absorbing lining on said bolster member comprising an outer plate secured to said annular member, a rubber-like element bonded to said outer plate, and an inner plate bonded to said element and arranged to oppose the spring device member but normally spaced therefrom, said rubber-like element having end portions racing horizontally and free to bulge laterally in the direction they are facing to accommodate distortion of the element, and relative movement oi the plates towards and away from each other, when the lining is subjected to horizontal thrusts by the relative movement of said members horizontally.

KARL F. NYS'I'ROM VERNON L. GREEN. EDMUND S. BECKE'I'IEL 

